Joker in the White House?

In November, 2008, with a severe economic crisis underway, the American people voted for Barrack Obama, largely because he was not a Republican like George W. Bush, whom they, in large part, blamed for the recession.

But clearly, almost no one expected under Obama, in a mere 6 months, a quadrupling of the debt, government takeover of large parts of the auto industry, onerous regulations on the financial service industries, and increasing unemployment now moving toward 10 percent with no immediate end in sight.

Neither could anyone reasonably expect a deeply flawed "stimulus" bill that was largely a liberal shopping list, and, if that weren't enough, a proposed carbon tax. Obama further proposes what would essentially end up being a government takeover of the health care industry that is conservatively expected to cost 1 trillion dollars. Obama's instinct to Bush's outrageous spending is to double down, expecting, like the definition of insantity, that you can contine to do the same thing and get a different result.

In The Dark Night, Alfred the Butler analyzing the Joker, tells Bruce Wayne:

"and in their desparation, they turned to a man they didn't fully understand."

I guess when desparate, it's true poeple may turn to a clown who claims to have all the answers.